WALLOWA Lake - Just got back!!!!!!!!

[Kokaneegal]

Just got back from 8 days at the lake. Fishing was horrible. We hit it hard morning and night. We don't keep anything smaller than 12 inches. Was able to land a 21 incher. Few 14's. Some 12's. Attached is a picture of my 21 incher next to my husbands 12 incher!!!!!!!!!!
KokaneeGAL

 

[Fallriverguy]

Thanks for the report and good job on the 21" fish. That might be a real trophy this year. Just glad to see there are a few big fish.

 

[smokin' Kokes]

nice fish. obviously still some of the original sea run sockeye genes in some of the remaining kokes in W. lake.

with all the heavy tourist activity along the short spawning river upstream, the heavy bio oxygen load and pollutants load from all the new lakeside homes and the heavy summer skiboat/jetski engine pollution, these fish won't last much longer. kokanee food sources don't reproduce and grown in polluted water.

sockeye/kokanee are a pristine clean cold water fish only. ask Canada about their almost total dieoff of sockeye from logging/developement/heavy human impact on the sockeye spawning/developement lakes/small streams. a multi billion dollar industry gone forever.

 

[mrmike]

Thanks for the report I'm kind of glad I decided to stay and fsh Wickiup instead of the Big W. ECONOMICS also played a part.

 

[Kokaneegal]

I did want to mention that the lake was very clear, way clearer than it has been the last two years.